People · United States
Steve Buchanan
3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BUCH03
Steve Buchanan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.08, set at Cubing Peoria 2019, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,486th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2019, he has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Steve has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.08 | 14.94 | top 17.7% | 9,486 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 6.15 | top 34.4% | 13,688 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,973 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11,719 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:41.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,300 / 9,401 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Feb 2019First competition: Albany Winter 2019. A 15.71 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Albany Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
- Cubing Peoria 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Joshua Feran — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ashley Gray — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.